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The FCC’s Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau is reminding broadcasters of their responsibility to secure network systems following a cyberattack that hijacked Gow Media’s ESPN 97.5 (KFNC) signal in Houston and aired racist messages during a live NFL broadcast.

Red Apple Media is expanding its Long Island presence with the purchase of WLID-AM in Patchogue, NY, and two FM translators in Brentwood from a Spanish-language Christian broadcaster, taking 77WABC and 107.1 WLIR across the South Shore.

Cox Media Group Atlanta partnered with the Atlanta Community Food Bank to collect 10,700 pounds of food ahead of Thanksgiving. The four-station effort created 20,128 meals for food-insecure individuals across Georgia, thanks to listeners and sponsors.

Saga Communications’ Lafayette Media Group raised more than 169,000 meals for Food Finders Food Bank during its annual Feed The Need Day on November 26. All five stations broadcast from local supermarket locations to collect food and monetary donations.

After more than two decades, The Money Pit will air its final broadcast at the end of the month. The nationally syndicated home improvement program will conclude its run following the passing of co-founder and host Tom Kraeutler at age 65 earlier this year.

iHeartMedia has announced that Executive Vice President of Finance and Deputy Chief Financial Officer Mike McGuinness will be promoted to Chief Financial Officer effective January 1, taking a set of C-Suite duties off the plate of Richard Bressler.

For young professionals in radio, inspiration often starts with the voices and leaders who shaped the path before them. From mentors who offered guidance to icons whose work still defines the medium, these influences serve as a reminder of why they chose this industry in the first place.

As debate continues about AI's use in media, iHeartMedia is the first major US radio group to codify its stance against the use of AI-generated voices or content across the company's entire audio portfolio, in what it calls the “Guaranteed Human” campaign.

At the halfway mark of Radio Ink’s 2025 Season of Giving Tally, stations nationwide have raised and collected more than $6.8 million in food and cash donations, continuing radio’s annual tradition of rallying listeners and communities to help those in need.

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